Subject: IIcx
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Richard Ervin <rervin@oasis.novia.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/07/1997 20:59:55
Complete story:
Bought a Duo
Disappointed with Duo
Excited by prospect of NetBSD on Duo
Disappointed by inability to make NetBSD work
Purchased Mac IIcx
Excited by certainty that IIcx would run NetBSD, then I could fix laptop
problem
THE MAC IIcx DID EXACTLY THE SAME DAMN THING AS THE DUO!!!!!
It locks up on the boot screen. $400.00 down the tubes!
Well, not really, I wanted a desktop Mac anyhow. But STILL. I thought IIcx
would be a drop kick.
I can't help but think it may be my OS configuration. I'm using 7.1 on
both. The IIcx has an Apple "High Resolution Video Display Card" copyright
1988/1989. The drive is a brand new Seagate ST1480N. It has 8 1 MB simms.
No other peripherals.
What could I be doing wrong?
The PB Duo would boot into the kernel, then hang up on an adb error if I
used the kernels with the modified video driver (Daishi's) I
don't know of that was Apple Desktop Bus or the kernel debugger output.
Daishi's site was down yesterday. Anyone know where I can get another?
or perhaps e-mail it to me?
Sorry for the whining - the frustration has been extreme.
Rich